Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
198 OBITUARIES mindedness and stubborn conviction staked an original path for himself away from the shadow of his father. With his expansive personality and his neverending desire to pursue his interest regardless of what anyone else thought, George was a rare man who always seemed of another time. JOHN CHRISTOPHER LEWES SAYER (1972) was an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher with a passion for understanding and explaining the past and present of human societies. John was born in Shillington, Bedfordshire, on 30 July 1942 and was educated at Haileybury School and the Imperial Service College. John arrived at King’s relatively late in life, and he was not a typical undergraduate. He came to Cambridge with his wife Angie, whom he had married in 1968, and they moved into a house in town as John began his studies in Archaeology and Anthropology. An interest in this area of study had been with John for quite some time, and by the time he began his degree he had prepared a large collection of slides and was giving school talks on archaeology and human culture. During the late 1960s he had developed a lecture series he called “Quest” for sixth-form students. This was a week-long affair starting on a Monday morning with the beginning of human history and ending on a Friday afternoon with the present. John had some success in engaging schools in turning over a week to him, and he thrilled and inspired many students with his brisk and enthusiastic style. The year following his graduation from King’s John acquired his teaching certificate and held various teaching positions before he was appointed Head of Classics at King’s College Choir School. Angie had already worked there for some time as a part-time teacher of pottery and design. John was an active staff member taking photographs for the school magazine, directing Latin plays and leading outings and tours. During this time he also continued to lecture and give talks on archaeology and anthropology elsewhere. At home John and Angie were bringing up their two sons Richard and Tom. At weekends John could often be seen selling Angie’s pottery from an open-
air stall in Cambridge, relishing the opportunity of getting to meet a wide range of people. Towards the end of the 1990s and now in early retirement, John started an educational travel operator, Hannibal Travel, which took children and their parents on tour through Europe with himself as the guide. With their sons grown up John and Angie decided finally to move from Cambridge in 1998 for a change of scene.They moved to Monmouth and the Wye Valley at the border between England and Wales, a wild region in comparison to East Anglia. John worked as a supply teacher and Angie took a studio at the Bridges Community Centre where she had the chance to develop her successful career as an artist. John became very involved in the local community and was also one of the founding members of the Cambridge Society of South East Wales whose Secretary he became in 1999. John died of a heart attack on 16 March 2006, when he was only 63 years old. He was a cheerful and agreeable man, gifted pedagogue and an eternal student of the human past and present. John is survived by his wife and two sons. ERNEST MERILL JAMES (JIM) SCHAFFTER (1947), brother of H J P S (1944), was a prominent aeronautical engineer who served as the Secretary for the Royal Aeronautical Society. He came from a family of missionaries in the Church of England and was born on 18 December 1922 in the Persian city of Isfahan, where his parents, a surgeon and a nurse, worked in a Church Missionary Society Hospital.As was customary, Jim was sent home to England to be educated at the age of five in 1928. The Church Missionary Society school at St Michael’s, Surrey, then became his home during term-times. A maiden aunt took care of him during the holidays. Jim was to enjoy his parents’ company for a full year at the age of 11 when they came back from Persia on a leave on absence from the hospital.When his parents were about to return abroad for what was intended to be another fiveyear stretch they gave Jim an expensive toy that had an important effect on his life. The present in question was a model aeroplane. The unstable political conditions in the late 1930s led to Jim not seeing his parents again for 10 199 OBITUARIES
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air stall in <strong>Cambridge</strong>, relishing the opportunity <strong>of</strong> getting to meet a wide<br />
range <strong>of</strong> people. Towards the end <strong>of</strong> the 1990s and now in early retirement,<br />
John started an educational travel operator, Hannibal Travel, which took<br />
children and their parents on tour through Europe with himself as the guide.<br />
With their sons grown up John and Angie decided finally to move from<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> in 1998 for a change <strong>of</strong> scene.They moved to Monmouth and the<br />
Wye Valley at the border between England and Wales, a wild region in<br />
comparison to East Anglia. John worked as a supply teacher and Angie took a<br />
studio at the Bridges Community Centre where she had the chance to develop<br />
her successful career as an artist. John became very involved in the local<br />
community and was also one <strong>of</strong> the founding members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Cambridge</strong><br />
Society <strong>of</strong> South East Wales whose Secretary he became in 1999.<br />
John died <strong>of</strong> a heart attack on 16 March 2006, when he was only 63 years old.<br />
He was a cheerful and agreeable man, gifted pedagogue and an eternal student<br />
<strong>of</strong> the human past and present. John is survived by his wife and two sons.<br />
ERNEST MERILL JAMES (JIM) SCHAFFTER (1947), brother <strong>of</strong> H J P S<br />
(1944), was a prominent aeronautical engineer who served as the Secretary<br />
for the Royal Aeronautical Society. He came from a family <strong>of</strong> missionaries in<br />
the Church <strong>of</strong> England and was born on 18 December 1922 in the Persian city<br />
<strong>of</strong> Isfahan, where his parents, a surgeon and a nurse, worked in a Church<br />
Missionary Society Hospital.As was customary, Jim was sent home to England<br />
to be educated at the age <strong>of</strong> five in 1928. The Church Missionary Society<br />
school at St Michael’s, Surrey, then became his home during term-times. A<br />
maiden aunt took care <strong>of</strong> him during the holidays.<br />
Jim was to enjoy his parents’ company for a full year at the age <strong>of</strong> 11 when<br />
they came back from Persia on a leave on absence from the hospital.When his<br />
parents were about to return abroad for what was intended to be another fiveyear<br />
stretch they gave Jim an expensive toy that had an important effect on his<br />
life. The present in question was a model aeroplane. The unstable political<br />
conditions in the late 1930s led to Jim not seeing his parents again for 10<br />
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